ICD-10:
Pinpoint the Correct Diagnosis for Testicular Biopsy
Published on Tue May 15, 2018
Get specific with laterality. When you still coded diagnoses based on ICD-9, your options for testicular biopsies were simple: 186.9 (Malignant neoplasm of other and unspecified testis) if malignant, and 222.0 (Benign neoplasm of testis) if benign. That changed once ICD-10 went into effect, giving you much more specific diagnoses for reporting. Malignant Neoplasm of Testis C62.10 – Malignant neoplasm of [...]
